Chloroplaga pallida Warren, 1916 -

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Diagnosis: Two species of Chloroplaga Hampson, 1912 are known; C. pallida and C. nygmia (Swinhoe, 1893). The hooked green mark of the center of the forewing is much narrower in C. pallida males when compared with C. nygmia, it is usually also broken into two patches and the base of the hindwing is usually whitish towards the base (deep pink in nygmia). Chloroplaga nygmia (Swinhoe, 1893) is extralimital to India. 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh121
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1121
  1. Chloroplaga pallida Warren, 1916. Novit. zool. 23: 217; TL: Penang, Selangor. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoolog231916roth/page/217/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/chloephorini/chloephorini_2_2.php

Note: New genus and species for India (Sondhi et al (2024)). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Chloroplaga pallida Warren, 1916 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/Chloroplaga-pallida, accessed 2024/05/06.